Southern Miss. Golden Eagles NCAA Basketball News

HATTIESBURG, Miss., Jan. 16 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston men's basketball team returns to action at 4 p.m., Saturday, when they meet Conference USA rival Southern Miss inside Reed Green Coliseum.

Chipola Junior College forward Torye Pelham signed a letter-of-intent to play men's basketball for Southern Miss on Friday.

Don't look now, but when you do, be prepared for some neck strain. The Lee College basketball team, which boasted just one player taller than 6-foot-7 last season, has now added three players 6-7 and up for next season and isn't through yet.

DeMarcus Cousins , a highly touted power forward, has signed a national letter of intent to play at Kentucky, the first one secured by new Coach John Calipari .

Kentucky forward Patrick Patterson will test the NBA waters but will not hire an agent.

Southern Miss basketball coach Larry Eustachy said he refused to accept a $25,0000 bonus because times are tough and wins were hard to come by for his Golden Eagles.

Southern Miss basketball coach Larry Eustachy had a favorite saying in the latter stages of this season: 'Nobody wants to hear how rocky the waters were.

MEMPHIS - Central Florida senior guard Jermaine Taylor was named the Conference USA Player of the Year and Memphis coach John Calipari was handed the title of C-USA Coach of the Year on Wednesday.

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Wesley Matthews scored 20 points and No. 21 Marquette snapped a four-game losing streak by holding St.

Southern Miss has yet to be one-and-done in the Conference USA basketball tournament under coach Larry Eustachy, but the Golden Eagles will have to take a sudden turn for the better if they are to survive this ...

UTEP plays some basketball in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Saturday night and, the way everything has funneled down to the end, the Miners have their fate in their own hands.

A pair of Golden Eagles will play their last games on their home court tonight when Southern Miss hosts UTEP in the final regular season game of the year.

Beat writer Patrick Magee notes that Southern Miss actually outscored the Tigers in the second half.

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At parts of Saturday's game against Southern Miss, The University of Memphis men's basketball team looked like they were battling fatigue as much as they were battling the other team.

WHEN WE TALK about magnanimous gestures in today's world of sports, sadly, very few instances come to mind.

Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy, vowing to turn the basketball program around, will not resign in the midst of a season that began with high expectations.

Southern Miss and Tulane have met 67 times on the basketball court with the majority of the decisions being decided by single digits.

The biggest Conference USA game of the season takes place on Thursday when Memphis travels to UAB, and Southern Miss players left Birmingham on Saturday as big believers in the Blazers.